Turkey at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Turkey has qualified to send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Sports the country qualified to compete in include 5-a-side football, archery, goalball, and wheelchair basketball.

Turkey at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	TUR
NPC	Turkish Paralympic Committee
Website	www.tmpk.org.tr (in Turkish)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	81 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Mesme Taşbağ
Medals Ranked 33rd	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 5 Total 9
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Turkish competitors boarding for transport to the Parade at the Opening Ceremony.

Medalists

Further information: 2016 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Nazmiye Muratlı	Powerlifting	Women's 41 kg	8 September
Gold	Abdullah Öztürk	Table tennis	Men's Individual C4	13 September
Gold	Neşe Mercan Seda Yıldız Sevda Altunoluk Buket Atalay Sümeyye Özcan Gülşah Düzgün	Goalball	Women's tournament	16 September
Silver	Kübra Korkut	Table tennis	Women's Individual C7	13 September
Bronze	Ecem Taşın	Judo	Women's 48 kg	8 September
Bronze	Ayşegül Pehlivanlar	Shooting	Women's 10m air pistol SH1	9 September
Bronze	Mesme Taşbağ	Judo	Women's 70 kg	10 September
Bronze	Semih Deniz	Athletics	Men's 1500m	13 September
Bronze	Abdullah Öztürk Ali Öztürk Nesim Turan	Table tennis	Men's team – Class 4–5	16 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 0 1 1 Goalball 1 0 0 1 Judo 0 0 2 2 Powerlifting 1 0 0 1 Shooting 0 0 1 1 Table tennis 1 1 1 3 Total 3 1 5 9

Medals by gender Gender Total Male 1 0 2 3 Female 2 1 3 6 Total 3 1 5 9

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: Sport Men Women Total Archery 5 3 8 Athletics 3 7 10 Football 5-a-side 10 0 10 Goalball 6 6 12 Judo 2 2 4 Powerlifting 0 3 3 Shooting 5 4 9 Swimming 1 2 3 Table Tennis 4 5 9 Wheelchair Basketball 12 0 12 Wheelchair Tennis 0 1 1 Total 48 33 81

Disability classifications

Main article: Disability sport classification

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.^[1][2] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.^[3]

Administration and support

As of January 2016, the country had qualified 37 vision impaired athletes for Rio. The Games will be the first where Turkey sends teams in all vision impaired team sports.^[4]

5-a-side football

Main article: 5-a-side football at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Turkey qualified for the Paralympics after finishing first at the 2015 IBSA Blind Football European Championships. They made it out of group play in second, with England having won the group after not dropping a game. Turkey dropped their game against England 1 - 2, with the English side goals coming from Turnham and English while the Turkish goal came from Hasan Şatay. In elimination play, Şatay and Abdullah Sümer scored two goals in penalty time after their game against Spain ended in 0 - 0 draw. Turkey then met Russia in the gold medal match, where Kahraman Gurbetoğlu scored to give Turkey a 1 - 0 win.^[5][6]

The following is the Turkey squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.^[7]

No.	Pos.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	GK	Ali Aktaş	Sighted	(1986-03-11)11 March 1986 (aged 30)
4	FW	Kahraman Kurbetoğlu	B1	(1984-04-21)21 April 1984 (aged 32)
5	FW	Recep Aydeniz	B1	(1995-12-20)20 December 1995 (aged 20)
6	FW	Abullah Sümer	B1	(1993-01-20)20 January 1993 (aged 23)
7	FW	Emrah Öcal	B1	(1988-02-22)22 February 1988 (aged 28)
8	DF	Ibrahim Üzüm	B1	(1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (aged 27)
9	MF	Ercan Bayraktar	B1	(1988-01-30)30 January 1988 (aged 28)
10	MF	Celal Çoban	B1	(1993-06-24)24 June 1993 (aged 23)
11	FW	Hasan Şatay	B1	(1994-10-08)8 October 1994 (aged 21)
12	GK	Aykut Akyon	Sighted	(1993-04-04)4 April 1993 (aged 23)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Semi finals
2	Iran	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
3	Turkey	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2	5th–6th place match
4	Morocco	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1	7th–8th place match

Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Hosts

Turkey	0–0	Iran
	Report

9 September 2016

16:00

Olympic Tennis Centre, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 2,811

Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

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Brazil	2–0	Turkey
Ricardinho 13' Cássio 37' (pen.)	Report

11 September 2016

16:00

Olympic Tennis Centre, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 2,596

Referee: François Carcouët (France)

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Morocco	1–1	Turkey
Snisla 27'	Report	Öcal 25'

13 September 2016

16:00

Olympic Tennis Centre, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 1,933

Referee: Germi Guimaraes (Brazil)

5th–6th place match

Turkey	0–0	Spain
	Report
Penalties
Sümer Şatay Öcal	1–0	El Haddaqui Muñoz Garrido

15 September 2016

11:00

Olympic Tennis Centre, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 971

Referee: Stuart Winton (Great Britain)

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Turkey qualified three archers for the Rio Games following their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. The spots are all in the compound open, with 2 spots for men and 1 spot for a woman. Bülent Korkmaz earned Turkey's first spot in the men's compound open, with Erdoğan Aygan earning the second men's spot. Handan Biroğlu earned the women's spot after defeating Ireland's Kerrie-Louise Leonard to qualify for the quarterfinals.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Sadık Savaş	Individual Recurve Open	545	31	Netsiri (THA) L 2–6	Did Not Advance
Erdoğan Aygan	Ind. compound	663	17	Cao (CHN) W 143–142	Korkmaz (TUR) L 137–137	Did Not Advance
Bülent Korkmaz		687 PR	1	Bye	Aygan (TUR) W 137–137	Milne (AUS) L 138–139	Did Not Advance
Naci Yenier	Individual compound W1	637	4	Bye	Azzolini (ITA) W 138–131	Walker (GBR) L 128–131	Did Not Advance
Ömer Aşık		648 PR	1	—	Bye	Herter (GER) L 124–130	Did Not Advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Zehra Özbey Torun	Individual Recurve Open	582	14	Sidkova (CZE) W 6–4	Ye (CHN) W 6–2	Lee (KOR) L 3–7	Did Not Advance		5
Merve Nur Eroğlu		603	9	Kohansal (IRI) L 2–6	Did Not Advance
Handan Biroğlu	Ind. compound	648	8	—	Markitantova (UKR) W 139–137	Zhou (CHN) L 132–144	Did Not Advance		5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Sadık Savaş Merve Nur Eroğlu	Team Recurve Open	1148	10	—	Thailand (THA) L 3–5	Did Not Advance			9
Bülent Korkmaz Handan Biroğlu	Team Compound Open	1335	3	—	Bye	Brazil (BRA) W 147–145	China (CHN) L 139–149	South Korea (KOR) L 128–138	4

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

Track events

Athlete	Event	Classification	Heat		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Semih Deniz	1500m	T11	4:11.74	1 Q	4:05.42
Hasan Hüseyin Kaçar	1500m	T11	DSQ		Did not advance
	5000m	T11	—		15:49.52	4
Mehmet Tunç	200m	T11	DSQ		Did not advance
	400m	T11	53.19	7	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Classification	Final
			Distance	Position
Mehmet Tunç	Long Jump	T11	5.66	8

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Classification	Heat		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zeynep Acet	100m	T53	19.26	5	Did not advance
	400m	T53	1:08.72	7	Did not advance
Hamide Kurt	100m	T53	17.09	3 Q	17.01	4
	400m	T53	56.72	3 Q	57.61	6
	800m	T52/53	1:50.33	5 Q	1:52.78	8
Zübeyde Süpürgeci	100m	T54	17.93	5	Did not advance
	400m	T54	1:04.29	6	Did not advance
	800m	T54	2:07.63	7	Did not advance
Zeynep Acet Nurşah Usta Hamide Kurt Zübeyde Süpürgeci	4 × 400 m	T53/54	—	—	DSQ
Öznur Alumur	1500m	T11	5:14.19	4	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Classification	Final
			Distance	Position
Büşra Nur Tırıklı	Discus throw	F11	25.65	8
Mihriban Kaya	Shot put	F20	10.16	11

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

Turkey's men enter the tournament ranked fourth in the world.^[9]

The following is the Turkey roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.^[10]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Hüseyin Alkan	B1	(1988-04-01)1 April 1988 (aged 28)
3	Sercan Kaya	B1	(1991-06-01)1 June 1991 (aged 25)
4	Ekrem Gündoğdu	B1	(1990-10-26)26 October 1990 (aged 25)
5	Abdullah Aydoğdu	B3	(1991-09-27)27 September 1991 (aged 24)
6	Yunus Emre Akyüz	B2	(1993-05-03)3 May 1993 (aged 23)
7	Tuncay Karakaya	B1	(1989-10-01)1 October 1989 (aged 26)

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	4	4	0	0	35	22	+13	12	Quarter-finals
2	United States	4	2	0	2	21	18	+3	6
3	Turkey	4	2	0	2	20	23	−3	6
4	China	4	1	0	3	25	28	−3	3
5	Finland	4	1	0	3	24	34	−10	3

Source: Paralympic.org

10 September 2016 09:00	Turkey	8–5	Finland	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alexander Knecht (GER), Rudi Janssen (BEL)
	Gündoğdu 6 Alkan 1 Karakaya 1	Report	Mattila 5

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11 September 2016 13:15	China	10–3	Turkey	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Patricia Fras (SLO)
	Chen 4 Cai 4 Hu 1 Shao 1	Report	Karakaya 2 Gündoğdu 1

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12 September 2016 19:30	United States	3–6	Turkey	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raili Sipura (FIN), Daniel Voltan (BRA)
	Kusku 1 Merren 1 Jenks 1	Report	Gündoğdu 4 Karakaya 2

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13 September 2016 20:45	Turkey	3–5	Lithuania	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA)
	Karakaya 2 Gündoğdu 1	Report	Panovas 2 Pavliukianec 1 Pazarauskas 1 Montvydas 1

Quarter-Finals

14 September 2016 21:00	Sweden	5–1	Turkey	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Yoshinori Nii (JPN)
	Seremeti 2 Weichel 2 Björkstrand 1	Report	Akyüz

Women

The Turkey women's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games after finishing third at the 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships. They defeated Japan in the bronze medal game to qualify.^[11][12][13] Turkey's assistant coach Eren Yıldırım said after his team qualified, "We had a nightmare in the semi-final against Russia (a 2-1 defeat). But our main aim was a place at Rio 2016 and we managed to recuperate and focus on this. We’re really pleased.”^[13] Turkey's women enter the tournament ranked fifth in the world.^[14]

The following is the Turkey roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.^[15]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Neşe Mercan	B2	(1994-09-19)19 September 1994 (aged 21)
2	Seda Yıldız	B3	(1998-12-07)7 December 1998 (aged 17)
3	Sevda Altunoluk	B2	(1994-04-01)1 April 1994 (aged 22)
4	Gülşah Düzgün	B2	(1995-09-25)25 September 1995 (aged 20)
6	Buket Atalay	B2	(1990-08-14)14 August 1990 (aged 26)
7	Sümeyye Özcan	B1	(1992-01-15)15 January 1992 (aged 24)

Pool D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	4	4	0	0	37	11	+26	12	Quarter-finals
2	China	4	3	0	1	21	14	+7	9
3	Canada	4	2	0	2	16	22	−6	6
4	Ukraine	4	0	1	3	9	17	−8	1
5	Australia	4	0	1	3	6	25	−19	1

Source: Paralympic.org

9 September 2016 10:15	Turkey	12–4	Canada	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raili Sipura (FIN), Alexander Knecht (GER)
	Altunoluk 8 Özcan 2 Mercan 2	Report	Burk 4

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10 September 2016 14:30	China	2–7	Turkey	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Nejc Jakic (SLO)
	Zhang W. 1 Ju 1	Report	Altunoluk 7

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11 September 2016 18:45	Australia	2–12	Turkey	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Joelle Boulet (CAN), Raili Sipura (FIN)
	Horsburgh 2	Report	Özcan 5 Mercan 5 Yıldız 1 Altunoluk 1

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12 September 2016 20:45	Turkey	6–3	Ukraine	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rudi Janssen (BEL), Nejc Jakic (SLO)
	Mercan 2 Altunoluk 2 Özcan 1 Yıldız 1	Report	Rud 2 Govorukha 1

Quarter-Finals

14 September 2016 15:45	Turkey	15–5	Israel	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Raquel Aguado (ESP)
	Altunoluk 7 Özcan 4 Mercan 3 Ben-David 1 (o.g.)	Report	Ben-David 5

Semi-Finals

15 September 2016 20:00	Turkey	11–1	United States	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Nejc Jakic (SLO)
	Altunoluk 8 Yıldız 2 Özcan 1	Report	Miller 1

Final

16 September 2016 18:30	China	1–4	Turkey	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Raili Sipura (FIN)
	Chen 1	Report	Altunoluk 3 Yıldız 1

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarter-final	Semi-final	First repechage round	Repechage semi-final	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
İbrahim Bölükbaşı	Men's 100 kg	Papachristos (GRE) W 0100–0000	Sharipov (UZB) L 0001–0100	—	Bye	Skelley (GBR) L 0001–0002	Did not advance	7
Dursun Hayran	Men's +100 kg	Masaki (JPN) L 0000–0100	—	—	Hodgson (GBR) L 0000–0101	Did not advance		11
Ecem Taşın	Women's 48 kg	—	Brussig (GER) L 0000–1000	Did not advance	Bye	Cardoso (BRA) W 1000–0000	Lee (TPE) W 0010–0002
Mesme Taşbağ	Women's +70 kg	—	Yuan (CHN) L 0000–0111	—	Chung (USA) W 0100–0000	—	Kachan (BLR) W 0003–0001

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Sibel Cam	-55 kg	85	9
Nazmiye Muratlı	-41 kg	104
Dilfiroz Kuzdağı	-67 kg	0	6

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. Turkey earned a qualifying spot at this event in the R2 – 10m Air Rifle standing women SH1 event as a result of Çağla Baş winning a silver medal. Cevat Karagöl gave Turkey another spot in the P1 – 10m Air Pistol Men SH1 event after winning a bronze medal.^[16][17][18]

The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was also available. They earned a qualifying spot at this event based on the performance of Muharrem Korhan Yamaç in the P4 – 50m Pistol Mixed SH1 event.^[17][19]

The third opportunity for direct qualification for shooters to the Rio Paralympics took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia. At this competition, Savaş Üstün earned a qualifying spot for their country in the R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 event.^[17][20]

The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, USA in November. Ayşegül Pehlivanlar earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the P2 Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 event. Murat Oğuz earned a second qualifying spot for Turkey at this competition in the P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event. Because no women qualified in the P3 Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 event, the spot for women was reallocated to P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1, which Turkey's Aysel Özgan claimed for her country. Hakan Çevik claimed another spot for Turkey with his performance in the R5 Mixed 10m Air Pistol Prone SH2 event.^[17][21]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cevat Karagöl	Men's P1-10m air pistol	548-12x	28	Did not advance
	Mixed P4-50m air pistol	538-3x	2	80.2	7
Hakan Çevik	Mixed R4-10m air rifle standing	624.1	19	Did not advance
	Mixed R5-10m air rifle prone	631.9	14	Did not advance
Muharrem Korhan Yamaç	Men's P1-10m air pistol	560-12x	7	71.7	8
	Mixed P3-25m air pistol	563-14x	10	Did not advance
	Mixed P4-50m air pistol	521-5x	15	Did not advance
Murat Oğuz	Men's P1-10m air pistol	554-11x	20	Did not advance
	Mixed P3-25m air pistol	DND	31	Did not advance
Savaş Üstün	Men's R1-10m air rifle standing	604.1	17	Did not advance
	Men's R3-10m air rifle prone	627.9	26	Did not advance
	Men's R6-50m air rifle 3 positions	606.1	28	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aysel Özgan	Women's P2-10m air pistol	366-5x	7	110.1	6
	Mixed P4-50m air pistol	505-7x	25	Did not advance
Ayşegül Pehlivanlar	Women's P2-10m air pistol	368-4x	6	172.3
Çağla Atakal	Women's R2-10m air rifle standing	400.2	13	Did not advance
	Mixed R3-10m air rifle prone	619.1	39	Did not advance
Suzan Çevik	Women's R2-10m air rifle standing	402.7	9	Did not advance
	Mixed R3-10m air rifle prone	617.7	43	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athletes	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Beytullah Eroğlu	50 m butterfly S5	38.61	4 Q	38.75	5
	50 m backstroke S5	40.57	2 Q	41.31	6

Women

Athletes	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sümeyye Boyacı	50 m backstroke S5			50.34	8
Özlem Kaya	50 m freestyle S6	39.20	6	Did Not Advance
	50 m butterfly S6	40.65	3 Q	40.60	6
	100 m breaststroke SB6	1:52.15	5	Did Not Advance
Sevilay Öztürk	100 m butterfly S5	49.94	4 Q	50.89	8

Table Tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men's individual

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdullah Öztürk	Individual C4	Shay Siada (ISR) W 3-0	Guo Xingyuan (CHN) W 3-1	1 Q	Bye	Choi Ilsang (KOR) W 3-2	Maxime Thomas (FRA) W 3-2	Xingyuan Guo (CHN) W 3-1
Nesim Turan		Edson Gómez (VEN) W 3-0	Sameh Saleh (EGY) W 3-1	1 Q	Kim Jung-gil (KOR) W 3-1	Rafal Lis (POL) W 3-2	Xingyuan Guo (CHN) L 1-3	Maxime Thomas (FRA) L 0-3	4
Süleyman Vural		Choi Ilsang (KOR) L 0-3	Rafal Lis (POL) L 0-3	3	Did Not Advance
Ali Öztürk	Individual C5	Hassaan Tolba (EGY) L 0-3	Lin Yen-hung (TPE) L 2-3	3	Did Not Advance

Men's team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdullah Öztürk Ali Öztürk Nesim Turan	Team C4-5	Bye	Nigeria (NGR) W 2-0	Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 0-2	China (CHN) W 2-1

Women's individual

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hatice Duman	Individual C3	Li Qian (CHN) L 0-3	Lara Campbell (GBR) W 3-2	—	2 Q	Andela Muzinic (CRO) L 1-3	Did Not Advance
Nergis Altıntaş	Individual C4	Zhou Ying (CHN) W 0-3	Oejeong Kang (KOR) W 3-2	—	2 Q	Zhang Miao (CHN) L 0-3	Did Not Advance
Kübra Korkut	Individual C7	Faiza Mahmoud (EGY) W 3-0	Kelly Van Zon (NED) L 1-3	Giselle Munoz (ARG) W 3-0	2 Q	—	Kim Seong-Ok (KOR) W 3-1	Kelly Van Zon (NED) L 0-3
Neslihan Kavas	Individual C9	Jennyfer Marques Parinos (BRA) W 3-0	Lina Lei (CHN) L 1-3	Liu Meng (CHN) L 2-3	3	Did Not Advance
Ümran Ertiş	Individual C10	Melissa Tapper (AUS) L 1-3	Sophie Walloe (DEN) L 0-3	Natalia Partyka (POL) L 0-3	3	Did Not Advance

Women's team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hatice Duman Nergis Altıntaş	Team C4-5	Israel (ISR) W 2-0	China (CHN) L 1-3	Did Not Advance
Neslihan Kavas Ümran Ertiş Kübra Korkut	Team C6-10	Bye	Australia (AUS) L 0-2	Did Not Advance

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The Turkey men's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.^[22]

During the draw, Brazil had the choice of which group they wanted to be in. They were partnered with Spain, who would be in the group Brazil did not select. Brazil chose Group B, which included Iran, the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Algeria. That left Spain in Group A with Australia, Canada, Turkey, the Netherlands and Japan.^[23]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	1	341	265	+76	9[a]	Quarter-finals
2	Turkey	5	4	1	327	272	+55	9[a]
3	Australia	5	4	1	342	293	+49	9[a]
4	Netherlands	5	2	3	264	294	−30	7
5	Japan	5	1	4	278	300	−22	6	9th/10th place playoff
6	Canada	5	0	5	222	350	−128	5	11th/12th place playoff

Source: Paralympic.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Spain 3 pts, +8 PD; Turkey 3 pts, +1 PD; Japan 3 pts, −9 PD

8 September 2016 15:45

Report

Turkey	65–49	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 13–9, 16–16, 18–8
Pts: Gürbulak 25 Rebs: Gümüş 11 Asts: Gürbulak 10		Pts: Fujimoto 22 Rebs: Fujimoto 8 Asts: Kozai 10

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Cristian Roja

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Australia	62–60	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 17–13, 12–17, 16–10
Pts: Knowles 17 Rebs: Norris 11 Asts: Knowles 9		Pts: Gürbulak 27 Rebs: Gürbulak 13 Asts: Gürbulak 12

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Carsten Rehling

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Spain	65–68	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 16–13, 14–15, 15–19
Pts: A. Zarzuela, P. Zarzuela 18 Rebs: A. Zarzuela 11 Asts: García 14		Pts: Gürbulak 39 Rebs: Gezinci, Gümüş 6 Asts: Gürbulak 8

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Max Kindervater

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Turkey	67–50	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 16–8, 12–8, 18–10
Pts: Dalay, Gümüş 18 Rebs: Gümüş 7 Asts: Gürbulak 11		Pts: Korkmaz 12 Rebs: Poggenwisch 8 Asts: Poggenwisch 10

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bill Kuerzi

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Canada	46–67	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 15–15, 13–22, 9–16
Pts: Eng 15 Rebs: Goncin 8 Asts: Goncin 7		Pts: Gürbulak 24 Rebs: Gezinci, Gümüş 7 Asts: Gürbulak 10

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Max Kindervater

Quarter-Finals

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Turkey	65–49	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 20–12, 14–14, 12–15
Pts: Gürbulak 17 Rebs: Gümüş 10 Asts: Gürbulak 11		Pts: Candido Sanchez 18 Rebs: De Miranda 9 Asts: Candido Sanchez 4

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Sabastien Gauthier

Semi-Finals

15 September 2016 21:00

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Turkey	54–74	United States
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 8–17, 9–17, 18–20
Pts: Gürbulak 13 Rebs: Gürbulak 10 Asts: Gürbulak 11		Pts: Serio 17 Rebs: Serio 7 Asts: Serio 9

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Linas Radykas

3rd Place

17 September 2016 11:45

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Great Britain	82–76 (OT)	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 13–8, 14–19, 22–16, Overtime: 17–11
Pts: Bywater 25 Rebs: Sagar 11 Asts: Pratt 12		Pts: Gürbulak 24 Rebs: Gürbulak 10 Asts: Gürbulak 19

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Krunoslav Peic

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Busra Un qualified for Rio in the women's singles event as a result of a Bipartite Commission Invitation place.^[24]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Büşra Ün	Women's singles	Mayara (BRA) L 0-2	Did not advance

See also

• Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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